Canada

2009

New York, December 2, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention and interrogation of a U.S. journalist crossing the border into Canada. News host Amy Goodman of the syndicated, community-oriented radio and television program "Democracy Now!" was detained on Nov. 25 as she tried to cross the Canadian border south of Vancouver and questioned about her work. Goodman was on a speaking tour to promote her new book, Breaking the Sound Barrier.

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New York, May 26, 2009--The Committee to Protect Journalists is very concerned about the well-being
of two captive journalists, a Canadian and an Australian, who
urged their respective governments to work harder for their release in a phone
call with a reporter on Sunday. Both journalists said they were sick and being
held in harsh conditions.

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Dear members of the Canada-Africa Parliamentary Association: Having learned of your coming visit to Tunisia, the Committee to Protect Journalists wishes to bring to your attention the Tunisian government's unrelenting harassment of independent journalists and its routine use of plainclothes police and the judiciary to retaliate against critical voices.